BTG Set To Launch First Radiopaque Drug-Eluting Bead In The EU
Executive Summary
DC Bead Lumi is designed to be loaded with doxorubicin or irinotecan to treat liver cancer while showing the treating physician where it is to improve control of transarterial chemoembolization procedures.
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